She looked at the 50,000 points on her card and sighed. It was really a worry if she had too many points, and it was also a worry if she had too few points.
The staff smiled and escorted her out of the material exchange office.
Seeing the state of the staff, He Xiaobei suddenly thought of a very interesting metaphor before the end of the world:
Class is like a big tree full of monkeys. Looking up, you see only butts; looking down, you see only smiling faces.
Although she was not at the top of the tree, she didn't want to see anyone's butt. If anyone dared to show her their butt, she would stab him in the butt.
The rain stopped completely after a week and the temperature began to drop rapidly.
In just three days, the temperature dropped from 10 degrees Celsius above zero to more than 20 degrees Celsius below zero, and continued to drop at a rate of 7 or 8 degrees per day.
He Xiaobei had already asked the construction team to install fireplaces for her before the renovation. There were two in the bedrooms and two in the living room on the first floor.
Now they were all lit by her, and the firewood was burning in the fireplace, occasionally with a crackling sound.
He Xiaobei curled up on the sofa on the first floor, wrapped himself in a blanket, and chatted with Hu Yansheng who was sitting opposite him on the sofa.
Hu Yansheng hasn't been here for a long time, and her business is very good now.
The ladies and young ladies on the mountain top before only asked her for information, and only after that would they customize one or two pieces.
But gradually they discovered that Hu Yansheng's craftsmanship was really good, and the clothes he made were very much in line with their aesthetic tastes.
In the end times, all the big luxury brands and high-end custom brands at home and abroad have long disappeared. They used to wear out-of-season old styles and barely maintain their decency.
Now they have found a new way to show off, that is, new clothes that are of good quality, well-crafted and beautiful, which is really rare in the end times.
I even feel a sense of pride in wearing clothes made by Hu Yansheng.
This has resulted in Hu Yansheng now having a full order schedule, forcing her to recruit workers and also planning to open her own store.
She came this time because it was the end of the year and she had earned a lot of points recently, so she wanted to bring some homemade pastries to He Xiaobei.
Of course, I also brought two new winter clothes.
"Congratulations! You're about to open your own studio. Your craftsmanship was excellent from the first time I saw it. I'm sure you'll be able to do well."
"Thank you. If it weren't for Miss He, I wouldn't be where I am today. I was actually about to give up. If you hadn't asked me to make clothes for Lightning, it wouldn't have taken three days. Or at most three days, I would have been working as a construction worker or growing vegetables at the base. Otherwise, I wouldn't even have enough to eat."
"Don't worry about it. We both got what we needed. I spent the entirety of the Arctic Ocean searching for a clothing maker for Lightning. Ultimately, it's your craftsmanship that matters. Otherwise, you wouldn't be able to keep me here, let alone those ladies on the mountaintop."
Hu Yansheng himself knew a very simple truth: there are many good horses, but there are few good horse trainers.
Although what He Xiaobei said was true, without her, he would indeed give up. Without her as a springboard, he would not be able to reach those wealthy people on the top of the mountain.
Now she not only makes clothes for ladies and young ladies, but also takes many orders for suits for masters and young men.
"I'm not only here to give you clothes and cakes, but I also want to invite you to run the store with me. I want you to invest. I don't have enough money right now, and if you can join, I believe the business will be even better. You don't have to worry about other problems, I will take care of everything. If you don't want to bother, you can even choose not to participate in the management and wait for the dividends. You just need to put your name on it."
She thought so because of He Xiaobei's identity. If those people on the top of the mountain knew that this store had investment from the other party, then the business would definitely be better. Those people would give He Xiaobei face, and she would have a backer.
"I'm sorry, I may disappoint you, but I don't want to invest in these for the time being."
He Xiaobei didn't want to get involved for several reasons. She might not settle here long-term. Also, she felt that she was a troublemaker and might get into a fight with someone one day, which would implicate Hu Yansheng.
However, she accepted the gift from Hu Yansheng. In a sense, she did help him, and they had known each other for so long, so there was nothing wrong with this small gift.
Hu Yansheng is also a smart man. Otherwise, no matter how good his craftsmanship is, he may not be able to stand firm in front of the group of jackals on the top of the mountain. The gift he brought to her this time is not expensive but also thoughtful.
On New Year's Day, He Xiaobei gave Xie Xinghan three days of paid annual leave. She felt that in the end times, good bosses like her must be rare.
The temperature outside had dropped to minus sixty degrees Celsius, but there was no snow. The accumulated water from the heavy rain had frozen solid, and it was now possible to drive on it.
However, nowadays scavengers have no supplies to collect when they go out, and they basically go out to hunt or chop wood.
In the new year, which was the second New Year's Day of the apocalypse, the Dragon Kingdom also completely put an end to the past prosperous era.
New Year's Day is called the second year of the apocalypse, and the base also promulgated many new rules on this day.
The base has established a new system, the task system.
Former scavenger teams can take their base cards to the tasker hall to register, or they can team up with former friends.
Taskers are divided into 7 levels of SF, with a minimum of 5 people in a task team and no maximum limit. Everyone can improve their level by taking assessments in the tasker hall.
The assessment mainly looks at the physical fitness of the team members, as well as some skills and reaction speed, but the level of the assessment is not too high.
The base of ordinary task teams is all at the lowest level F, and they can only be promoted to level E at most after passing the assessment.
However, the tasks that F-level and E-level can accept are still different. F-level can mostly only accept some hunting and simple tasks, while E-level can accept some simple protection tasks.
However, all teams can use a little bit of points to exchange for walkie-talkies and some simple cold weapons such as long swords and daggers.
There are also some tools that can be used for work, such as hoes, shovels, ice scrapers, etc.
The base has opened up the right to redeem weapons with points to tasker teams that have reached level D or above. An ordinary pistol only requires 3,000 points, and bullets are 5 points per shot.
There are also assault rifles and submachine guns, but they require a lot of points.
Even when you reach level A, you can use your points to redeem a helicopter.
The S-class is even more exaggerated. It can be exchanged for weapons of mass destruction such as tanks, although they are all very old models.
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